Books - "history"
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The History of the American Expedition: Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919
Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 303pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Battry Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history expedition America campaigns russia autobiography Soviet Union Revolution Bolsheviki
Max Huber
Imperial octavo, illus boards, black eps, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2006
KEYWORDS: Max Huber Graphic artists arts history biography
A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 372pp + 14 plates, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light fading, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Oak Knoll Press 1996
KEYWORDS: bookbinding England History Fine bindings Bookplates reference manual
Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales
Octavo, half leatherbound with brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, prelims, 336pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, 2.5cm of upper spine lost, front board fully detached from spine, spine nearly detached, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to page edges, moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners)
PUBLISHER: Tilt & Bogue (n/d)
KEYWORDS: north Wales travel history United Kingdom
a Typografie: Asymetricka Harmonie
Text in Czech, Quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black eps, 310pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Arbor vitae 2009
KEYWORDS: arts history typography graphic design avant garde biography text in czech
David Chipperfield: Architectual Works 1990-2002
Quarto, black boards with white lettering to spine, black eps, 343pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to title page, light rubbing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Birkhauser 2003
KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Chipperfield
David Adjaye: Houses
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006
KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Adjaye
Airmails of New Zealand: Volume Two
Quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 346pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Air Mail Society of NZ Inc. 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation airmails history air mail service
Maori and Pakeha in North Otago
Octavo, ex-library, white heavy card boards with black & red lettering & illustrations to front board, black lettering to spine & rear board, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to boards & spine, some surface loss to spine mostly at extrems, moderate soiling to boards, rust staining around staples, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed (nd)
KEYWORDS: Maori Pakeha New Zealand North Otago history
Outlines of the Women's Franchise Movement in New Zealand
Inscribed by the author to a family member, first edition, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards (half dark green & half light green), gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 103pp, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, slightly cocked, light tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing & moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1905
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Women's Franchise Movement history signed
Zoo Quest to Guiana
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1958
KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana
New Zealand Birds
First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930
KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history
Newspapers in New Zealand
Octavo, orange cloth boards, dark green lettering to spine, xii + 287pp, illus, VG (very slight foxing to page edges, very minor bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (slight closed tears at folds, very minor tear with loss to upper spine, slight foxing to inside edges)
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1958
KEYWORDS: Newspapers New Zealand Press media history
The Story of the Kauri
First edition numbered & signed by author, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 439pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising and fading to spine extrems, light fading to spine and upper board edges, light bruising to board corners, booksellers stamp to pastedown, light tanning to end pages, light foxing to page edges) in d/w scruffy (large section missing from lower front cover repaired with paper, archiaval repairs to spine extrems and hinges, moderate scuffing and creasing to covers, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1953
KEYWORDS: Forestry kauri felling New Zealand saw mills history
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
Super octavo softcover (VG-) spine cracked; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1982
KEYWORDS: letters literary Waugh Evelyn history
The Roman World
Oblong super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: history Romans illustrated
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Da Capo 1992
KEYWORDS: music jazz America history illustrated
Primitive Song
Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Mentor 1963
KEYWORDS: literature roots in song history philosophy
A Social History of England
Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Book Club 1984
KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated
Elizabeth's England
Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Longman 1981
KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated